Police at the 68th Precinct were questioning a suspect in connection with a rash of attacks on religious institutions in Bay Ridge discovered early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Four churches and a prep school were splattered with red paint, according to Police Officer Sophia Tassy-Mason, a spokeswoman for the New York Police Department. Tassy-Mason said the vandalism was discovered shortly after 3 a.m. on July 30. \u201cThese incidents are being investigated as hate crimes,\u201d she told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.<\/p>\n
US Rep. Michael Grimm, state Sen. Marty Golden, and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis had just finished a press conference outside Saint Anselm Catholic Church, one of the sights targeted by the vandal, condemning the attack when word came in that the 68th Precinct\u2019s Anti-Crime Unit had brought in a suspect for questioning.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an individual in custody. We are questioning him,\u201d Police Officer Vito Viola of the 68th Precinct said. \u201cWe believe he is the same individual on a security video and in some still shots we have,\u201d the officer said.<\/p>\n
The vandal splattered red paint on two statues, of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, outside Saint Anselm Catholic Church at 356 82nd St., spray painted the word \u201cno\u201d at the front entrance of the Bay Ridge Jewish Center, at 415 81st St., and on the front wall at a Lutheran church on Ridge Ridge Boulevard. Curiously, the word \u201con\u201d was found spray painted near the entrance of Bay Ridge Prep, a private school at 7420 Fourth Ave. \u201cHe might have decided to reverse himself,\u201d Tassy-Mason said as to why the word \u201con\u201d was found there instead of \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word \u201cno\u201d at the entrance of the Bay Ridge Jewish Center was painted in large letters that could be seen from more than two blocks away.<\/p>\n
The fifth site,\u00a0Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, at 8401 Ridge Boulevard, suffered significant damage, according to Christopher Elison, a church member. Red paint was discovered on six of the church\u2019s doors, on a flagpole on the front lawn, and on the cornerstone of the church, he said. \u201cIt was pretty bizarre,\u201d he said at the press conference. \u201cIt was a horrible sign,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The paint-splattered statues outside St. Anselm Church were discovered early in the morning. \u201cThere were parishioners out here on the sidewalk crying,\u201d said Golden, who was at the scene at 7:30 a.m. with his deputy chief of staff, John Quaglione. Quaglione a member of the St. Anselm Parish Pastoral Planning Council condemned the vandalism as \u201can act of hatred that will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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